Angels in America

(RNS) Jerry Argetsinger compiled “Latter-Gay Saints: An Anthology of Gay Mormon Fiction.” It comes at a time when the LDS church seems more open to discussing the real-life experience of its gay members.

(RNS) Twenty years ago, a gay Mormon character stepped onstage for the first time in Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America.” A lot’s changed since then, fueled by the church’s role in Prop 8 and its efforts to build bridges to gays and lesbians.